"Los Espookys" is what might happen if the Scooby-Doo gang walked into a John Waters movie.

HBO's creepy, kooky new comedy – the cable network's first primarily Spanish-language original series – follows an oddball bunch of gore enthusiasts in an unnamed Latin American country who start a horror-for-hire business, staging fake exorcisms, haunted houses and alien abductions for a wealthy clientele.

It's the first of three new series premiering within the next week that center on Latinx stories and characters. ABC's "Grand Hotel," airing Monday (10 EDT/PDT), is a soapy family drama executive-produced by Eva Longoria, set at a Hispanic-run luxury hotel in Miami Beach. And Comedy Central's "Alternatino with Arturo Castro," bowing Tuesday (10:30 EDT/PDT), is a sketch show from "Broad City" breakout Arturo Castro, spoofing pop culture, politics and life as a modern Latino man.

"All these shows are completely different, but they're all Latino," Castro says. "It just goes to show that we're such a varied community, and it's heartening because it starts to reflect the actual composition of what American society is. We buy 24% of the movie tickets, we're (18%) of the population – we hold some power."

"Los Espookys," premiering Friday (11 EDT/PDT), was conceived by "Saturday Night Live" veteran Fred Armisen, who was inspired by everything from "The Addams Family" to "Twin Peaks" while writing the six-episode first season with co-creators and stars Julio Torres and Ana Fabrega.

"I like that it's set in Latin America," Armisen says of the show, which blends deadpan humor with mystery and supernatural elements. "There's a different kind of spookiness to it than (horror stories set in) England or suburban America."

Wanting to stay authentic to the story's Latin American setting, the trio pitched it to HBO as a show with Spanish and English subtitles.

Making a foreign-language comedy "was never any concern," Torres says. "If the whole world outside of the States can handle subtitles, then surely Americans can."

Castro, who first pitched "Alternatino" to Spanish-language network Univision, instead saw his web series picked up by the more mainstream Comedy Central. A multi-part sketch in the season premiere depicts him being fetishized by a white woman on their first date, as she makes stereotypical assumptions about his Guatemalan upbringing and insists they go out salsa dancing.

"There's this connotation that Latinos have to love spicy food and salsa music, when really, I just love Mumford & Sons," Castro says.

The show's sketches also offer biting social commentary on recent news events, such as the family separation crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Castro plays an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a tongue-in-cheek PSA, touting that all children in their custody are "cage-free" and allowed to roam in fields.

"When I saw the images of kids in cages, I was like, 'I need to address some of these issues through the platform I've been given,' " Castro says. "There were days in the writers' room where we'd be like, 'What ticks us off? How do we digest it, and how do we make it funny?' It's tricky."

The show puts a modern twist on the usual "upstairs/downstairs" story by depicting the Hispanic characters as the rich proprietors of the hotel, rather than maids or waiters.

"The population of Miami is 70% Latino, so we felt it was authentic to make that family Latinx," Tanen says. Additionally, nine of the show's 11 series regulars are Latinx or African American, "so it was important to represent the world we know."

Still, Latinos continue to struggle for representation on TV, making up just 6.2% of all roles on broadcast scripted shows, according to a diversity report published by UCLA in February. And with the majority of Latinx-led shows existing only on cable and streaming – Starz's "Vida," USA's "Queen of the South" and Netflix's "On My Block," among them – Tanen believes Hispanic audiences are ready for a network drama like "Grand Hotel."

"TV is doing a better job as of late increasing racial inclusivity in their shows, but it's still rare for the lead of a show to be a person of color," Tanen says, citing "Ugly Betty" and "Jane the Virgin" as successful outliers." So we're following in that proud tradition of telling a very entertaining story with characters who happen to be Latinx, and representing underserved characters and underserved audiences."

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The broadcast networks are picking up new series for the 2019-20 TV season. So what could become your new favorite show? Maybe the return of Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your Mother") to network TV in "Stumptown,' playing a private investigator? Or maybe one of these other new series below.
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"Broke" (CBS): Pauley Perrette ("NCIS") returns to CBS, this time in a comedy about a husband and wife who move in with her estranged sister when he gets cut off from his trust fund. The series also stars Jaime Camil ("Jane the Virgin") and Natasha Leggero ("Another Period"). Sonja Flemming, CBS

"The Kenan Show" (NBC): Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson plays a father who is trying to balance raising his two daughters with his job and "helpful" in-laws. The series also stars Dani Lockett (left) and Dannah Lockett (right). Ron Batzdorff, NBC

"Tommy" (CBS): Edie Falco, center left, and Russell G. Gones, center right, star in this new drama about a former LAPD officer who becomes the first woman to be named the city's chief of police. Cliff Lipson, CBS

"Sunnyside" (NBC): Kal Penn (center, "Designated Survivor") is Garrett Modi, a disgraced New York City Councilman who hopes to find redemption by helping people try to become American citizens. Colleen Hayes, NBC

"Bluff City Law" (NBC): Jimmy Smits (center, "How to Get Away With Murder," "L.A. Law") plays a father who tries to reconnect with his lawyer daughter (Caitlin McGee, "Grey's Anatomy"). The series also stars Michael Luwoye (right, "The Gifted").
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"Filthy Rich" (Fox): When her husband dies in a plane crash, Margaret Monreaux (Kim Cattrall, "Sex and the City") has to deal with the fallout, including the discovery that her preacher husband had three illegitimate children. Alan Markfield, Fox

"Outmatched" (Fox): "American Pie" star Jason Biggs (with Oakley Bull and Jack Stanton) is raising a family with his wife, played by Maggie Lawson ("Psych"). But they struggle dealing with three of their children who are geniuses. Michael Becker, Fox

"neXt" (Fox): John Slattery ("Mad Men") is a Silicon Valley pioneer who has created an artificial intelligence that could destroy the world. In order to stop it, he'll have to enlist the help of a cybercrime team including Fernanda Andrade ("Here and Now") and Jason Butler Harner ("Ozark"). Fox

"Prodigal Son" (Fox): Tom Payne ("The Walking Dead") plays a criminal psychologist who is good at his job by learning from his father, played by Michael Sheen ("Masters of Sex"), who is a notorious serial killer. David Giesbrecht, Fox

"Emergence" (ABC): A police chief (Allison Tolman, "Good Girls") discovers a young girl named Piper (Alexa Swinton, "Billions") at the scene of an accident with no memory of what happened. But as the police investigate, they find a much larger conspiracy emerge from the case. Virginia Sherwood, ABC Studios

"The Unicorn" (CBS): Walton Goggins ("Justified") is Wade, a widowed father who is pushed by his friends to get back into the dating pool, where he discovers he's a hot commodity. The series also stars Rob Corddry ("Ballers"), Michaela Watkins ("Trophy Wife"), Omar Benson Miller ("Ballers") and Maya Lynne Robinson ("The Connors"). Michael Yarish, CBS

"Council of Dads" (NBC): When a father is diagnosed with cancer, he calls on friends to be his back-up fathers if he can't be there for his kids. His team includes his surgeon Oliver (J. August Richards, "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."), his oldest friend Anthony (Clive Standen, "Vikings") and his AA sponsor Larry (Michael O'Neill, "Scandal"). Quantrell Colbert, NBC

"Batwoman" (CW): Ruby Rose reprises her role as Kate Kane (aka Batwoman), who first appeared in a "Arrow"/"Supergirl"/"The Flash" crossover event in 2018. CW also picked up "Katy Keene," starring Lucy Hale ("Pretty Little Liars") as an aspiring fashion designer, based on the Archie Comics character, and "Nancy Drew," which follows a teenager investigating a local murder.
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"Indebted" (NBC): Stew and Debbie (Steven Weber, "13 Reasons Why," and Fran Drescher, "The Nanny"), who are in deep debt, are taken in by their son Dave (Adam Pally, "The Mindy Project") and his wife Rebecca (Abby Elliott, "Saturday Night Live"). Trae Patton, NBC

"Lincoln" (NBC): Based on the novel "The Bone Collector," Russell Hornsby (left, "Fences") is Lincoln Rhyme, an expert forensics scientist who is asked to help the NYPD find a killer. The series also stars Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos") and Arielle Kebbel (right, "Midnight, Texas").
Zach Dilgard, NBC

"The Baker and the Beauty" (ABC): Daniel Garcia (Victor Rasuk, "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan"), who works in his family's bakery, has his life dragged into the spotlight when he meets international star Noa Hamilton (Nathalie Kelley, "Dynasty"). Guy D'Alema, ABC

"Bless the Harts" (Fox): This new animated comedy features a group who struggle with status and wealth in the South. The series includes the voice talents of Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night Live"), Maya Rudolph ("Saturday Night Live") and Ike Barinholtz ("The Mindy Project").
Fox

"Nancy Drew" (CW): Teenage sleuth Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) investigates the murder of a socialite, which is complicated by the fact that Nancy are her friends are the main suspects. Robert Falconer, CW